CARMA 2024

Internet and Big Data in Economics and Social Sciences

6th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics
26 – 28 June, 2024 · Valencia, Spain

Research methods in economics and social sciences are evolving with the increasing availability of Internet and Big Data sources of information. As these sources, methods, and applications become more interdisciplinary, the 6th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA) is a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and advances on how emerging research methods and sources are applied to different fields of social sciences as well as to discuss current and future challenges.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topic areas:

  • Internet and Big Data sources in economics and social sciences
    • Google Trends and Search Engine data
    • Social media and public opinion mining
    • Web scraping
    • Geospatial and mobile phone data
    • Open data and public data
  • Big Data methods in economics and social sciences
    • Sentiment analysis
    • Internet econometrics
    • AI and Machine learning applications
    • (Casual) Machine learning
    • Machine learning econometrics
    • Statistical learning
    • Information quality and assessment
    • Crowdsourcing
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Explainability and interpretability
    • Algorithm bias
    • Online Experiments
  • Internet and Big Data applications
    • Politics and social media
    • Sustainability and development
    • Finance applications
    • Official statistics
    • Forecasting and nowcasting
    • Tourism forecasting
    • Bibliometrics and sciencetometrics
    • Social and consumer behaviour, mobility patterns
    • eWOM and social media marketing
    • Labor market
    • Business analytics with social media
    • Advances in travel, tourism, and leisure
    • Digital management
    • Marketing Intelligence analytics
    • Data governance
  • Digital transformation and global society
    • Privacy and legal aspects
    • Data Economy
    • Electronic Government
    • Smart Cities
    • Industry adoption
    • Digital Economy Governance
    • Future of Work
    • Economic Inequality in Data Capitalism
    • Gender bias

Participants from all over the world are expected to present their latest and unpublished research findings. The program committee encourages the submission of articles that communicate applied and empirical findings of interest to social sciences researchers.

The CARMA 2024 conference will be held on 26 – 28 June 2024 at the Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), which has been recently ranked as the best technical university in Spain by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023.

Valencia is the third largest city in Spain and is located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital city of the Comunitat Valenciana region, which is major tourist destination in summer.

The organizing committee looks forward to welcoming you all to a fruitful conference with open discussions and important networking to promote high quality research.